I've never seen him play, but the person who told me he was going to URI is high in him. He said his ranking would be higher, but his team is not very good. His belief is that it may take him a while to adjust to the upgrade in level of competition, but that he will be a good four year player at Rhode Island.

Bigsnoop wrote:I've never seen him play, but the person who told me he was going to URI is high in him. He said his ranking would be higher, but his team is not very good. His belief is that it may take him a while to adjust to the upgrade in level of competition, but that he will be a good four year player at Rhode Island.

Maybe it's the logo associated with your account, but this sounds like a back handed complement... he plays for a great EYBL program and MacDuffie is always competitive in the best HS league this country has, the NEPSAC!

fwiw i do remember some other posters mentioning Expressions roster has been considered a bit down on talent the past year or two.

Anyways, he still plays on one of the better AAU teams in the North East and i guess he is in a good HS league also. Although i admittedly know almost nothing about HS basketball outside RI. SO his level of competition is going to be high regardless. Seems like it's comparable to Terrels and he someone who caught on quickly.

Bigsnoop wrote:I've never seen him play, but the person who told me he was going to URI is high in him. He said his ranking would be higher, but his team is not very good. His belief is that it may take him a while to adjust to the upgrade in level of competition, but that he will be a good four year player at Rhode Island.

Maybe it's the logo associated with your account, but this sounds like a back handed complement... he plays for a great EYBL program and MacDuffie is always competitive in the best HS league this country has, the NEPSAC!

Pretty sure the learning curve will be short

You have to work hard to find an insult there! If you followed NEPSAC, you would know that Macduffie wasn't very good last year. Because of that, Tate was double teamed a lot, and forced to do too much. I was told his talent is better than his ranking of around 200. I swear, this is a good thing and take it as a compliment.

Bigsnoop wrote:I've never seen him play, but the person who told me he was going to URI is high in him. He said his ranking would be higher, but his team is not very good. His belief is that it may take him a while to adjust to the upgrade in level of competition, but that he will be a good four year player at Rhode Island.

Maybe it's the logo associated with your account, but this sounds like a back handed complement... he plays for a great EYBL program and MacDuffie is always competitive in the best HS league this country has, the NEPSAC!

Pretty sure the learning curve will be short

You have to work hard to find an insult there! If you followed NEPSAC, you would know that Macduffie wasn't very good last year. Because of that, Tate was double teamed a lot, and forced to do too much. I was told his talent is better than his ranking of around 200. I swear, this is a good thing and take it as a compliment.

Actually, bigsnoop, it was a good call by both of your guys who tipped you off. Good info.

NorthernRamFan wrote:Maybe it's the logo associated with your account, but this sounds like a back handed complement... he plays for a great EYBL program and MacDuffie is always competitive in the best HS league this country has, the NEPSAC!

Pretty sure the learning curve will be short

You have to work hard to find an insult there! If you followed NEPSAC, you would know that Macduffie wasn't very good last year. Because of that, Tate was double teamed a lot, and forced to do too much. I was told his talent is better than his ranking of around 200. I swear, this is a good thing and take it as a compliment.

Actually, bigsnoop, it was a good call by both of your guys who tipped you off. Good info.

Yeah it was the friar fan who had the scoop first... not a certain Rhody diehard who happens to be writing this... yup...

Not gonna work for me, he's right handed! Joking... actually he finishes around the hoop well with either hand. Great way to get the ball rolling for the class of 18! Another recruiting win in my book.

“... playing for one another. We’re like a brotherhood. Everybody has each other’s back. If somebody’s down, we pick them up. If someone gets beat off the dribble, we step in. If somebody’s hot, we feed them the ball.” - Jeff Dowtin, 1/16/18

Hurley is an educator, not just a coach. These kids get a lot more than just basketball knowledge from him and Tate looks like yet another respectful kid that will represent our program extremely well.

Agree 100% with last 2 comments. Great pick up And maybe he can also provide and additional skill, helping to get some other recruits. I believe he commented on talking to and trying to recruit Jeenathan WIlliams. If he can convince him it would be another feather in his cap and the Rams certainly would be further on their way to their greatest recruiting class ever!